We'll be live on Saturday morning, June 17, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Listen through your browser at the link. Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. I'll try my best to make time to take calls. A Convention of States summer consists of not just vacation, but prime preparation time for the upcoming legislative session. National Legislative Director Ri…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, June 10, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Listen through your browser at the link. Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. I'll try my best to make time to take calls. Two weeks ago we surveyed some of the scholarship and books promoting the use of the State-Initiated Amendment process found in Article V, and we noted the dr…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, May 27, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Listen through your browser at the link. Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. I'll try my best to make time to take calls. For two centuries, almost no scholarship existed regarding the state-initiated amendment process described in Article V of the US Constitution. 1988's "Constit…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, May 20, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Listen through your browser at the link. Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. I'll try my best to make time to take calls. We're going to discuss how we won in Texas, and what we've learned through this proces. The Convention of States Project is a grassroots led effort to encourag…

That Provident Article returns with big news - Texas, and Missouri, have joined 10 other states joining the call for a Convention of States. We'll be live on Saturday morning, May 13, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Listen through your browser at the link. Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. I'll try my best to make time to take calls. We're going to dis…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, December 24th (Christmas Eve, 1st Day of Hanukkah), 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. This morning we'll begin with an excerpt from Mark Meckler recorded earlier this week during a Convention of States leadership conference call. Mark explains in detail the Providential Circumstances wh…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, December 10th, 7:30 a.m. Central Time. We will leave time to take phone calls; our call in number is (914) 205-5632. Over the last two weeks, the Convention of States Texas has met it's objectives it set forth immediately after the last legislative session ended on June 1st, 2015; the message since that moment has…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, November 26th, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. We will leave time to take phone calls; our call in number is (914) 205-5632. This Thanksgiving weekend, we will give thanks for all of the blessings that have been bestowed upon us, in our nation, our families, and in the Convention of States movement. And then we'll look ah…

We'll be live on Saturday morning, November 19th, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. We hope to leave time to take phone calls, our call in number is (914) 205-5632. We'll discuss the prognostications prior to the election (not about who would win, but how the country would be governed depending on who would win), the meaning of the results of the election, a…

We haven't broadcast for nearly 4 months! We're going to go live on Saturday morning, November 5th, 8:30 a.m. Central Time. Plus, we're going to try a live simulcast on Facebook Live, at https://www.facebook.com/COSProjectTX. Sometime this coming Tuesday evening, or Wednesday morning, we should know who will be the next President of the United Stat…

We're going to try this again after last week's hiccup. Tamara Colbert, the Convention of States Media Director, and my partner in liberty as the Texas Co-Director, will join us for a discussion on messaging. How do we best communicate this great solution provided by the Founders in the Constitution? From books, like "The Liberty Amendments" and "B…

This is an audience participation show - Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. And a promise to take callers today! We will plan an extended, edited clip from Mark Levin's July 10, 2013 episode, when he first announced his new book, "The Liberty Amendments", and when many of us heard, for the first time, of the state-initiated process the founders …

This is an audience participation show - Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. On this Independence Holiday Weekend, we will take a look at the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Hat tip to Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell, for piqueing my interest to take a different look at the Declaration and the U.…

This is an audience participation show - Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. On January 8th, 2016, Texas Governor Greg Abbott advocated the following: "I want legislation authorizing Texas to join other states in calling for a convention of states to fix the cracks in our broken Constitution." During the same speech, Governor Abbott outlined the …

This is an audience participation show - Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. Amid the growing frustration and impatience with our federal government and it's relentless assault on state and individual liberty, is there any cause for encouragement that a solution, found right in the Constitution, can work? We'll discuss why there is reason to be g…

This is an audience participation show - Our call in number is (914) 205-5632. The Convention of States Project is less than three years old. In that time we have grown our support to over 1.5 million around the nation. Here in Texas, we are just hundreds of supporters shy of 80,000; we've quadrupled in size since this time last year! The biggest f…

Two years ago this week, the Republican Party of Texas became the first political party in history to add a pro Article V plank to it's platform. Following Texas' lead, other State GOP conventions are also adding similar pro Article V planks to their platforms. Many other States are considering this action. Just three short weeks ago, the Texas GOP…

After a two week hiatus, we're back with a fresh look at the Convention of States. And what a week to come back; Louisiana became the 8th State to pass the Convention of States resolution. We'll segue from that news to review some of the debate on the floor of the Louisiana Senate on Wednesday, much of which centered around the core subject of the …

This week's episode will begin by highlighting news for the Convention of States out of Louisiana, Missouri, and South Dakota.. Then, we'll discuss that there's no denying this has been perhaps the strangest Presidential election cycle in our nation's history. The Republican Party began the process with 17 candidates throwing their hat into the rin…

This week's episode will highlight some great news for the Convention of States out of Oklahoma and Maine (yes, THAT Maine!). We'll cover the journey of Article V through the Constitutional Convention. Where did it come from? What was the intent of the Framers, and how did they express that intent? Why do the State Legislatures have the enumerated …

This week's episode will highlight some great news for the Convention of States out of Missouri and Oklahoma. Plus, Chelsea Clinton discloses her mother's plans for the 2nd Amendment under a Hillary Clinton administration. And the U.S. Supreme Court entertains oral arguments in the United States v. Texas case (immigration). Where does the Conventio…

We're back from a 4 week hiatus! I have been so busy this past month that I had to take a break from the show. I'm not the only one who's been busy; our own Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, has been promoting the Convention of States and the Texas Plan in public speeches, in the media, and with the announcement of the pending publication of his autobio…

A different type of episode today, driven by events from the past week. My friend, and partner in Liberty, Texas Co-Director and National COS Media Liaison Tamara Colbert will join me for a joint discussion regarding Michael Farris's Facebook Post/Blog from Wednesday, March 9th, "The Deadly Cost of Fear". Michael Farris is the head of the Conventio…

Today's episode will be discussion of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's "Texas Plan", and specifically the second section of the plan dealing with The Presidency of the United States. We'll have a news segment, to track all of the Convention of States activity occurring around the nation. Then we'll present the second section of Texas Governor Greg Abbo…

Today we're going to imagine what this election would look like if some amendments, proposed at an Article V "convention for proposing amendments", were already ratified by 3/4ths of the states. How would the elections for Congressional representatives be affected if term limits were in effect? What about Senate elections? Add to that the repeal of…

Last Saturday Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away. His unexpected passing has stirred political debate, and drawn attention to the meaning of the phrase "Constitutional originalist". Both supporters and opponents of an Article V convention reference Justice Scalia in support of their own position. We're going to spend a bit of time loo…

Today's episode will be open phone lines to discuss the last two weeks of activity in Texas, including the Convention of States Texas meeting with Texas Governor Greg Abbott's staff regarding "The Texas Plan". Our news segment will track Convention of States activity occurring around the nation. Then we'll share some of the exciting things happenin…

Today's episode will be discussion of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's "Texas Plan", and specifically the first section of the plan dealing with The Congress of the United States. We'll have a news segment, to track all of the Convention of States activity occurring around the nation. Then we'll present the first section of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's…

Today's episode will be an introduction to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's "Texas Plan" We'll have a news segment, to track all of the Convention of States activity occurring around the nation. Then we'll bring an overview of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's appeal to the Texas Legislature to pass legislation calling for a Convention of States. We're goin…

So, you're convinced that a Convention of States via Article V is the best hope for our nation, and you're ready to help out anyway that you can. But, where do you start? What can you do? Today's episode will be dedicated to an interview with Stewart Collins, a Convention of States volunteer in Florida. Stewart is the epitome of a self-governing in…

A "Bonus" Episode, with apologies for the incorrect episode airing on January 16, 2016. Today's episode will be dedicated to an interview with Ben Stratmann, the Chief of Staff for Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell. Please note the day and time for this episode (Monday, January 18, 2016), 11:30 Central Time! I realize that with the increased inter…

Today's episode will be dedicated to an interview with Martin Harry, the Legislative Liaison for the Texas Convention of States Project. No news segment, no phone calls. Mr. Harry will share insights on the responsibilities of the Legislative Liaison, and how supporters and District Captains can best help the Legislative Liaison. That Provident Art…

The Convention of States mission statement is “To urge and empower state legislators to call a Convention of States to propose amendments to the Constitution to curb the abuses of the federal government.” The only participants with actual authority to accomplish this task are the state legislators. Almost every state legislator is a member of a pol…

The Convention of States mission statement is “To urge and empower state legislators to call a Convention of States to propose amendments to the Constitution to curb the abuses of the federal government.” The only participants with actual authority to accomplish this task are the state legislators. Almost every state legislator is a member of a pol…

Our 5th, and final, installment of our examination of the history behind the phrase "Constitutional Convention", as it has been, and continues to be, applied to describe the Constitution's Article V State authorized amending mode, a "convention for proposing amendments". Last week we discussed the 1960's campaign, led by Senator Everett Dirksen, to…

Part 4 of our examination of the history behind the phrase "Constitutional Convention", as it has been, and continues to be, applied to describe the Constitution's Article V State authorized amending mode, a "convention for proposing amendments". We will pick up right where we left off last week, following the coordinated disinformation campaign fr…

Part 3 of our examination of the history behind the phrase "Constitutional Convention", as it has been, and continues to be, applied to describe the Constitution's Article V State authorized amending mode, a "convention for proposing amendments". This episode will dive into the initial motive behind introducing the phrase "Constitutional Convention…

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend than to learn some of the history behind the phrase "Constitutional Convention", as it has been, and continues to be, applied to describe the Constitution's Article V State authorized amending mode, a "convention for proposing amendments"? We'll spend some time referencing multiple original source d…

Today's episode will begin a series considering the phrase "Constitutional Convention", as it has been used for decades to describe the second mode of amending the Constitution as defined in Article V. This will be an introductory presentation, laying some basic ground work, highlighting both opponents and proponents of an Article V "convention for…

A real treat for me this week, and I think informative for all of you as well. We'll be interviewing Michael Cicerone, who worked in Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell's office this past legislative session as a Policy Analyst to the Senator. Michael played a key role for the Convention of States Texas team in Austin, as our real insider, able to a…

Following Tuesday's election results, analysis was available in print, digital, talk radio, and probably at your work place water cooler as to what this means. On Wednesday's Mark Levin show, Mark spent the majority of the first two hours of his show laying out the case that the grassroots, We the People, have shown that we are ready to consider th…

Since last week's episode was devoted entirely to our great interview with Joy Davis, Chief of Staff for my State Representative DeWayne Burns, we missed our normal news update. So today, we're going to cover the last two weeks of news, spend a little bit longer fleshing out each story, and do the real easy work of concluding that the only real fix…

This week we interviewed the Chief of Staff for my State Representative here in Texas. Joy Davis generously gave us about 30 minutes of her time as we discussed some of the general challenges in running a State Legislator's office and schedule. We then specifically discussed the best methods of communicating with our State Legislators, how to not o…

The concluding part (6) of our multi-part series examining the view with which James Madison, considered the father of the Constitution, regarded the State amending convention provision in Article V. Various interpretations of Madison's views have been presented over many years, in support of multiple positions in regard to the utility, and even th…

Part 5 of our multi-part series examining the view with which James Madison, considered the father of the Constitution, regarded the State amending convention provision in Article V. Various interpretations of Madison's views have been presented over many years, in support of multiple positions in regard to the utility, and even the safety, of the …

Part 4 of our multi-part series examining the view with which James Madison, considered the father of the Constitution, regarded the State amending convention provision in Article V. Various interpretations of Madison's views have been presented over many years, in support of multiple positions in regard to the utility, and even the safety, of the …

We're interrupting our series on James Madison's view of the phrase "a convention for proposing amendments", mainly because of an interruption in my weekly schedule which included a lengthy meeting with my State Senator. While the meeting is fresh on my mind, I thought I'd take advantage of this Providence to discuss some of the ways to contact you…

Part 3 of our multi-part series examining the view with which James Madison, considered the father of the Constitution, regarded the State amending convention provision in Article V. Various interpretations of Madison's views have been presented over many years, in support of multiple positions in regard to the utility, and even the safety, of the …

Part 2 of our multi-part series eamining the view with which James Madison, considered the father of the Constitution, regarded the State amending convention provision in Article V. Various interpretations of Madison's views have been presented over many years, in support of multiple positions in regard to the utility, and even the safety, of the A…